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Chapter 255, The Chosen One of the Gods of Forging Without Forging Talent

Xiao Yang wanted to restrain himself.

But upon seeing this faint spark, they couldn't help but make a choice.

This action is to verify something.

Holding the ruby ​​in his hand, Xiao Yang took out a dimly lit lantern from his backpack, his old companion, the Hope Lantern.

To my surprise, the faint spark of hope actually reacted when I brought it closer; the flame flickered slightly.

He thought that only by bringing hope could he cheer on his old friend.

I never imagined that even a tiny spark could accomplish this.

It truly lives up to its reputation as a mythical treasure.

This tiny spark was incredibly important to Xiao Yang.

Since we don't want to make empty promises and paint a picture for those unfortunate souls in the rotten lands that is still just a vague and unrealistic dream, then this mythical-level spark in our hands is essential.

What he urgently needs is something that can power up his old friend.

Ironically, it ended up in Xiao Yang's hands just like that.

There's no need to do anything more; just hold up a lantern of hope in your hands.

What you get from Dungeon Runners, isn't it yours anyway?

Such thoughts began to surface involuntarily.

Greed began to stir.

This is a really difficult decision to make.

In silence, Xiao Yang made his decision.

He gripped the faint spark in his hand tightly.

They put away their lanterns of hope.

From afar, Redbeard's hearty voice rang out.

"Brother! I've finally found you!"

With his striking red beard, Redbeard stood out among the short, stocky dwarfs.

Redbeard strode towards Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang also raised his head at the same moment.

Both of them smiled at the same time.

"Brother Redbeard!"

The first thing they did upon meeting was give each other a bear hug.

After a brief embrace, Xiao Yang remembered the faint spark in his hand.

There was an awkward silence for a moment.

Not only him, but Redbeard was also a bit stuck, as both of them seemed to have something they were reluctant to say.

In the end, Xiao Yang spoke first.

I felt a little embarrassed, and my gaze wandered somewhat.

"Brother Redbeard, um, I have a strange item on me. It was accidentally activated when I arrived."

Attracted by Xiao Yang's words, Redbeard put aside his own business and asked Xiao Yang with some curiosity.

"Did it cause any damage?"

Redbeard knew about rare items, which were not only highly valued throughout the myriad worlds, but also had extremely polarized opinions.

Because of its various strange and bizarre effects, it also has various equally strange and bizarre influences.

After saying this, Redbeard patted his chest heartily and made a promise to Xiao Yang.

"It's alright, brother. I'll take responsibility for anything that happens in this hellish furnace!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yang immediately breathed a sigh of relief and, without further hesitation, handed over the item in his hand.

"Then I'm relieved, Brother Redbeard. I accidentally got my hands on this!"

He opened his palm, and a ruby ​​with a tiny spark inside appeared before Redbeard.

"It's alright, it's alright, I'll just take it back for you later!"

"Come on, come on, let me show you around!"

With a hearty laugh, Redbeard insisted on pulling Xiao Yang along to go for a stroll. The two had just taken their first steps.

Redbeard's gaze finally fell on what Xiao Yang was holding. He was taken aback when he saw it.

"Um…………?"

After a long silence, the red-bearded man, who had just been making promises, revealed a somewhat complicated expression on his face.

"This, this..."

"Brother!"

Redbeard gave Xiao Yang a somewhat bitter smile.

………….

Redbeard looked mournful.

This was the first time he had ever seen such an expression on the face of Redbeard, this fiery and impulsive fellow.

In front of the Hell Tower in the center of Forge City.

Redbeard told Xiao Yang to wait there for a moment, then exhaled and stepped towards the Hellforge.

The city where Xiao Yang is currently located is the capital of the Hell Furnace Plane, Furnace City, and the tall tower in the center of Furnace City is the temple of the Furnace God, the main god of the forging pantheon, worshipped by the dwarves.

Looking up, two white-bearded dwarven temple guardians stood before this hellish furnace.

Without needing to use a detection spell, it's certain that these two temple guardians possess at least epic-level strength, and might even be legendary.

As an extremely advanced human being, Xiao Yang stood out like a crane among chickens in front of this hellish blast furnace.

It's inexplicably attracting hatred.

Somewhat worried about Redbeard's fate, Xiao Yang decided to ask the dwarf elder in front of him about what might happen to him.

The first thing they got was two bottles of premium ale, which they obtained from those bandits.

Logically speaking, it would be somewhat inappropriate to give such a high-quality item to an epic or legendary figure.

But these two temple guardians happened to be dwarves, and Xiao Yang gave them wine.

The two temple guardians repeatedly emphasized this to Xiao Yang.

"No, no, we can't drink alcohol!"

He took the beer from Xiao Yang's hand.

The two, who had been aloof, suddenly became much more kind and gentle towards Xiao Yang, the outsider, after accepting the wine.

Especially after one of them opened the bottle of ale and smelled it.

In no time, Xiao Yang started chatting with the two temple guardians.

Of course, most people couldn't do that, and there was another extremely important reason why these two could be so kind and gentle to Xiao Yang.

Because Xiao Yang was brought by Redbeard.

Redbeard's identity is not simple.

He was a chosen dwarf, and also the chosen one who forged the chief god of the pantheon.

But why would he be so afraid to meet the God of the Blast Furnace?

A tremendous roar erupted from the Hellfire Furnace.

"You're not even as good as those green-skinned laborers wielding hammers in the blacksmith's workshop! All you ever think about is fighting! After all this time, you haven't even become a master blacksmith! You've completely disgraced me!"

The two dwarven temple guardians showed no reaction to such a display of power, as if it were commonplace.

It's obvious that the one getting yelled at inside is Redbeard.

Although Xiao Yang felt that he had implicated Redbeard, for some reason, after learning more about the situation, he also felt that Redbeard was not unjustly criticized.

Redbeard was a born dwarf chosen by the gods. He was chosen by the God of the Forge, the chief god of the forging pantheon. On the day of his coming-of-age ceremony, the God of the Forge bestowed upon him a forging hammer of divine quality.

Then, Redbeard decisively took the forging hammer and, as a level 20 elite, smashed a red dragon to death. He then used the materials from this red dragon, which was about to become legendary, to make a big mess at the young dwarf forging competition that day.

Epic-level materials, nearly legendary, were used to craft only one set of green-quality equipment.

All the dwarves remained silent that day.

As a natural-born blast furnace savior, Redbeard came in second to last in the Young Dwarf Forging Competition.

It's only because of the God of Blast Furnaces that it's not last place.

On the spot, the High Priest of the Blast Furnace God almost fainted from anger on the judges' panel.

(End of this chapter)